COLORADO
- What do all the acronyms in Colorado school districts’ names mean? Here’s an explainer. Times-Call
- Some schools in Colorado Springs are offering dinner to students who stay late for tutoring. Gazette
- A large grant is paying to replace paper textbooks with Techbooks in Adams 12. Denver Post
- It’s still hot; six Denver schools are releasing students early because of the high temperatures. Denver Post
- The early release comes after two teachers were treated for heat exhaustion. 9News
- Boulder Valley canceled its school board and will appoint Tina Marquis, who was running unopposed. Daily Camera
- And a school board candidate in St. Vrain who was also running unopposed is now preparing to serve. Daily Camera
- Two teenagers wearing “Grinch” masks protesting a documentary about the Douglas County school board were paid to demonstrate. Our Colorado News
- The RE-1 Valley’s superintendent shared the district’s plan for improvement. Journal-Advocate
- Alamosa’s school district’s performance framework shows significant gains. Alamosa News
NATION
- A New York charter school network is ending a preference system for English language learners under pressure from the U.S. Department of Education. GothamSchools
- More middle and high school students are using e-cigarettes, according to new survey data. New York Times
Rise & Shine
Each weekday morning, we search websites of various media, comb through RSS feeds and peruse Google alerts to bring you a roundup of the day’s top education headlines, in Colorado and across the country, by 8 a.m. If you’d like to suggest a story we’ve missed or a source we should add to the list, please email us at ednews@ednewscolorado.org.